Today I will tell you about the one dream all bloggers have .Writing a book.I want to write books too.Not one many.Main problem is starting. Plus I want to learn the steps .Just like I learnt blogging ,I want to know the inside and outside of writing a book.
The research is a lot of fun.There are two ways of doing everything .
- Not being ready and praying.
- Getting ready and praying
I like the second method better.
Step one :read all you can .
I promised my subscribers that they would get the exclusive summary and takeaways from the I was gifted .So the summary is available in my VIP LIBRARY.
But a review is needed .
It’s one of the ways to say thank you and share the goodies.
Blog to Book by P.R.Newton is useful if you have never researched self publishing.
But it’s not a step by step guide.Many people will tell you to take a bunch of your old posts and publish them on Kindle.But did you know that’s not allowed by Amazon.
That is ,you can’t have more than 10% of your book available for free anywhere. But your blog can be a golden tool to find the topic which your audience likes.
Books are a great method to monetize your brand
In the book the author gives you a quick overview of the pain points .
No sugarcoating makes this book a useful read before you consider the self publishing mountain.
Pros of the book :
- Gives you quick tips to get started with put the overwhelm
- An honest reality check about self publishing.
- Useful tips for writers who want to DIY the process.
- Amazon hacks to help.
- Motivational reading if you have been dilly dallying writing the first book (like me)
Cons
- Like everything much of it is not new .
- You may have read it before.
- The book is also sadly deficient in details needed to pin point a winning topic (maybe that’s still not known
How will you find a topic to write about ?
Today you will do 3 Things
1)Make a list of all the top 10 posts on your blog.
How will you do that ?
Check in your wordpress dashboard .
Or go to your Google Analytics and see the top posts .
Copy them on an excel spreadsheet or write them down.Whatever just get it together.
2)Check Amazon for those topics see if there are books on those topics .
3)Think hard .Does writing a book on these topics excite you?
This is crucial.Otherwise none of the next steps will work.
The million dollar question is how to know whether your book will take off ?
How to format your book for Kindle?
Should you design your book cover or a professional? The answer will surprise you.
How to market your book ?
Amazon or your website?
Where should you sell your book?
There are books which answer these questions and blogs that help.
That’s what I am researching now.
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It’s like a blogger’s toolkit smoothie.
Write the book you want to read.
